Manifolding device.



O., M. DELESDERNIER.

MANIFOLDING DEVIUE,

APPLIQATIox FILED APB. an. 190s.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

0. M. DELESDERNIER. MANIFOLDING DEVICE. APPLIUMION FILED APB. 29,1903.

91 1,580. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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UNITED STATESgILIENT OFFICE.

ORAN M. DELESDERNIER, 0F DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANIFOLDING DE VICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, OnAN M. DELESDER- Ninn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dorchester, in the county of Suffolk, State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inManifolding Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to manifolding sales books.

In carrying out my invention, I have in view the provision of' a salesbook of' such construction as to avoid or obviate the employment of ametal backing for the pad ot' the book such as is now employed and Iattain this result by providing upon the back leaf of the book cover aclamp with which is engaged an ordinary form of writing pad such as isused in the ordinary books of this class, except for the metal backing,and I also provide at one edge of the said back leaf' of the cover ofthe book, a carbon clamp with which a sheet of carbon paper may beremovably engaged.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thesales book embodying my invention, one of the leaves ot' the pad beingturned back partly to expose the carbon sheet to view, Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the book, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectionalview through the book, the top cover leaf being omitted. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view through the complete book. Fig. 5 is an endelevation of the book with the cover in open position.

As shown in the drawings, the book embodying my invention comprises afront cover leaf 5, a back cover leaf 6, the said leaves being foldablyconnected as at 7, and a pad 8 the leaves of which are separate exceptat their upper edges where they are glued or otherwise secured together.

The pad mentioned above is secured in )lace between the cover leaves ofthe book y means of a clamp which will now be described and which islocated adjacent the point of connection of the two cover leaves witheach other. This clamp is in the form of a fixed and a hinged section,the fixed section being indicated by the numeral 9 and Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed. April 29, 1908.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 429,998.

fixed section is secured to the back cover leaf 6 and the hinged sectionbeing hingedly connected with the upper edge of the upstanding flange 10of the said fixed section as will now be described.

The hinged section comprises a clamping or body portion 11 and a flange1Q which is formed at the rear edge of the said clamping portion and ishinged at its lower edge to the upper edge of the flange 10, there beinga spring at 13 associated with the hinge and acting to normally swingthe hinged section downwardly into clamping engagement at its forwardedge with the pad, the said forward edge of the clamping portion 11being toothed as indicated by the numeral 14 and being also formed witha finger piece l5 by means of which it may be raised to release the pad.

As is customary in books of this class, a carbon sheet is employed in mybook and is designed to be placed between the leaves of the pad of thebook and this carbon sheet is held securely in the book in position foruse by means of a clamp which will now be described. The clamp mentionedabove comprises a fixed and a hinged section, the fixed sectioncomprising an attaching portion 16 which is riveted or otherwise securedto the back cover leaf of the book at one edge thereof, preferably theleft hand edge and an upstanding flange 17 to the upper edge of which ishinged the hinged section of the clamp, said section being 1n the formof a strip 18 hinged at its upper edge to the upper edge of theupstanding flange 17 as indicated by the numeral 19 and rovided at itslower edge with a substantially right,- angularly turned narrow fiange20, the function of which will shortly be described.

Springs Q0 are also provided to hold the hinged section 18 in clampingposition. The carbon sheet 21 is inserted in the corner of the flange 17and the portion 16, and is clamped therein by the flange Q0, the hingedsection 18 being swung outwardly from the fiange 17 at the time of suchinsertion by pressure upon a finger piece 22 which is formed integralwith the upper edge of the hinged section 18. After placing the carbonsheet in position and also the pad, the body of the sheet is insertedbetween the upper or top and next to the top sheet of the including anupstanding iange 10 the said l pad and the book is then ready for use.

In a manifolding device, foldable cover` leaves, and a sheet clampcomprisin a base portion secured to the inner face o one of 5 saidleaves, an upstanding flange on said base portion, and a spring-pressedclamp member formed of a strip hinged to the flange and having at itsfree end an inturned flange for clamping the sheet in the corner of thebase and the upstanding Harige. 10

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

CRAN M. DELESDERNIER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR R. HOUGHTON, Gr. ARTHUR DELESDERNIER.

